All told, government adjustments unrelated to contractor performance have more than doubled F-35 support-cost estimates since the program began.

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In other words, most of the increases in the acquisition cost of the F-35 have nothing to do with the performance of the prime contractor.

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Roth was doing research on flight performance for a U.S. Air Force contractor and had relied on the assistance of Nourgostar and of Xin Dai, a Chinese national also studying under him.

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The military contractor Raytheon would probably like to erase a few controversies in its past, like the disappointing performance of its Patriot Missile in the first Iraq War, or an espionage lawsuit from a competitor in 1996.

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